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Washington Pastime: personal rejection

Dear YYYYY,

I would like to thank you for giving me the opportunity to read XXXXX. Unfortunately, we will have to pass on this one as it's not quite what we're looking for. The premise of the piece was interesting, but it did not completely grab me. I found that the story was a bit too slow to start, so it took me a while to really sink into it. In addition, the prose is in need of fine-tuning, particularly in areas where it reads too much like an essay.


We wish you the best placing your work. We appreciate your interest in The Washington Pastime and hope that you will keep us in mind for future submissions.

We encourage you to mark The Washington Pastime response time at duotrope.com, as we try hard to respond promptly to submissions.


Best regards,

Crystal Maitland
Editor

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Matter Press: form rejection (but very sweet ):

Dear Kalin Nenov,

Thank you for sending us your prose chapbook "Thirteen Encounters, Thirteen Egresses" during our open reading. It was read with interest, but we didn't love it enough to send it to the next round of consideration. As I'm sure you know, so much of the submission process is about finding that right match, and that's what we hope for your chapbook: that it finds its perfect home.

As a "thank you" for allowing us to consider your work, we'd like to send you, free of charge, our previous two chapbooks, Kathy Fish's WILD LIFE and Jeff Landon's TRUCK DANCE. All you need to do is reply with your mailing address, and we will ship them out shortly.

Thanks again. Best of luck with "Thirteen Encounters, Thirteen Egresses."

Sincerely,



Randall Brown, Managing Editor
Journal of Compressed Creative Arts
Matter Press, a non-profit 501(c)(3) literary press associated with Rosemont College's MFA in Creative Writing Program

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Echo Ink Review: form rejection (but encouraging)

Dear Kalin Nenov,

Thank you for your interest in Echo Ink Review.

Although we cannot at this time use "The Three," we did feel the manuscript reflected many strengths. We hope you will again consider Echo Ink Review when submitting your work for publication.

Regards,

The Editors,
Echo Ink Review

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Electric Literature: form rejection

Dear Kalin,

Thank you for submitting your story, XXXXX, to Electric Literature, though it was not chosen for publication in our journal. We appreciate the opportunity to consider your work.

Sincerely,

Editors,
Electric Literature

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White Cat Magazine: form rejection

Hi Kalin,

Thank you for submitting "The Way That I Smile" to White Cat Magazine. The story does not match the present needs of the magazine. We regret that we must pass on it at this time. Thank you for considering us and taking the time to submit.

Best,

Chuck
White Cat Publications

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Scout & Engineer: form rejection

Dear Kalin Nenov,

Thank you for allowing us to consider your short story, "A Tale of Heroes and Villains." While we will not be able to use this piece in Scout & Engineer, we appreciate the chance to read your work.

Sincerely,
Editors
Scout & Engineer

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News from the Republic of Letters: personal rejection

YYYYY (c/o The Human Library),

Firstly, apologies for the slow response; this piece was lost in the shuffle as we modified our submissions process.

Thank you for taking the time to send your story. Alas, we very rarely publish anything that could be classified with the F-word, and we'll have to pass on this. We wish you luck placing it elsewhere.

Peter Koch
News from the Republic of Letters

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LORE: form rejection 2

Dear Kalin Nenov:

Thanks for submitting "A Tale of Heroes and Villains" for our consideration, and for your interest in LORE.

While I enjoyed aspects of this tale, we are going to pass on this particular effort.

I hope we shall see something more from you in the future.

Good luck in your ongoing endeavors.

Yrs.

Rod Heather

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Nine: A Journal of Imaginative Fiction: form rejection 2

Kalin,

Thank you for submitting XXXXX on behalf of YYYYY.
We have read and discussed the story, and have decided to pass on it at
this time. Good luck placing it elsewhere.

Sincerely,
The Editors of Nine
http://readnine.com
http://twitter.com/readnine

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Alfie Dog Limited: personal rejection

I am sorry this story is not accepted. It is generally well written, but some of the characters are confusing and the story needs more context. In places the translation needs to be tightened up. An example of this is the term 'beginning stargazer' this would never be said in English. In English you might say 'novice stargazer' or ' a beginner in stargazing'.

Regards

Editorial Assistant

Alfie Dog Limited

Tel: 01347 827178

http://www.alfiedog.com

Damn I feel bad about that beginner's slip. This story will get another round of polishing...

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Kazka Press: personal rejection

Dear Kalin Nenov,

Thank you for sending us XXXXX. We appreciate the chance to read it. Unfortunately, the piece is not right for us at this time. Despite elegant writing, the story didn't provide a strong enough hook in the opening pages to maintain our interests. We hope to see something again from you in the future, though.

Thanks again. Best of luck marketing this piece elsewhere.

Sincerely,
L. Lambert Lawson
Kazka Press

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The Nassau Review Writer Awards: form rejection

Dear Kalin Nenov,

Thank you for sending us "Of the Meeting of Three Shadows and the Shadowless" for the Writer Awards. We appreciate the chance to read your submission. Unfortunately, the work is not for this issue.

Please consider submitting during our next submission period that begins September 2012. All submissions during the future open periods will also be under consideration for the Writer Awards.

Thanks again and best of luck.
Sincerely,
The Nassau Review Editors

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Alfie Dog Limited: personal rejection

I'm sorry the narrative style of this story includes too many adjectives and adverbs and the story is very much 'told' rather than 'shown' to the reader. It would have a limited market.

Regards

Editorial Assistant

Alfie Dog Limited

Tel: 01347 827178

www.alfiedog.com

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The Literarian: form rejection

Dear Kalin Nenov,
Thank you for sending "Like a Suicide." I'm sorry I'm not able to make
an offer on this piece for The Literarian."
Best,
Dawn Raffel

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Kazka Press Short Story Contest: form rejection

Dear Kalin Nenov,

Thank you for sending us XXXXX. We appreciate the chance to read it. Unfortunately, the piece is not right for us at this time. We hope to see something again from you in the future, though.

Thanks again. Best of luck marketing this piece elsewhere.

Sincerely,
L. Lambert Lawson
Kazka Press

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The Puritan: form rejection 2

Dear Kalin -

Thank you again for your fiction submission. We enjoyed reading it very much. However, due to the sheer amount of material we've received this quarter, we are, unfortunately, going to have to pass this time around.

Thanks again and we hope you find a home for your work soon.


Sincerely,

The Puritan Editorial Staff

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James White Award 2011: form rejection

Thank you to all of you who entered the competition this year.

The James White Award is pleased to be able to reveal the names of the six stories that have been shortlisted for this year's award.

They are:

A Traveller from an Antique Land
Chrysanthemum
Circle
Invocation of the Lurker
Solvers
Train in Vain
At present the anonymous judging process is still taking place and so we are not able to offer the names of the shortlisted authors. We will make those names public closer to the date of the Award ceremony - which we can now confirm will take place on the evening of Saturday, 7 April at Olympus, the 2012 Eastercon, Radisson Edwardian Hotel, Heathrow.
If you are one of the authors whose short story is on that list, congratulations. We'd be grateful if you could help us maintain the anonymity of the judging process by refraining from celebrating too publicly (!) until we are in the position to announce all the full list of names, which should be on or before (we hope) 31 March 2012. Thank you, in advance, for your cooperation.
Entrants whose stories are not named above should consider their stories released by the competition and feel free to submit them to alternative markets.

The James White Award received a record 246 valid entries this year and the process of whittling the stories down to the final six was very difficult. The competition would like to thank all those who took part and to wish you well in your future writing. I'm sorry for the form email, but I'm sure you understand that, with so many entries, a personal approach was not possible.

Yours,


Martin McGrath
James White Award Administrator

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Unstuck: form rejection 2

Dear Kalin Nenov,

Thank you for submitting "What Will She Be?" Although we're going to pass, we appreciate the chance to read it.

Best of luck with this, and with your other writing projects.

The Editors

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Echo Ink Review: form rejection 2

Dear Kalin Nenov,

Thank you for your interest in Echo Ink Review.

Although we cannot at this time use The Film-thin Bound, we must remind you to not take this as a comment on the quality of writing (or lack thereof). Echo Ink Review is dedicated to maintaining a unique, slightly skewed voice / perspective. Thus, we must reject many well written manuscripts by many talented writers. Our inability to use The Film-thin Bound might easily be a matter of market. Unfortunately, we receive too many manuscripts to provide individual comments.

We encourage you to continue researching markets and submitting your work. If you have additional manuscripts you feel match the voice of stories we've previously published, we welcome you to submit those for consideration.

Regards,

The Editors,
Echo Ink Review

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Ray Gun Revival: form rejection

Dear YYYYY,

Thank you for your submission to Ray Gun Revival. I regret to inform you that we are unable to use it at this time.

We wish you good luck in placing the story elsewhere.

Sincerely,
All of us at Ray Gun Revival
http://www.raygunrevival.com/pages/

Have you read Flash Fiction Chronicles?
http://www.everydayfiction.com/flashfictionblog/
It's a site dedicated to the discussion of the art and craft of flash fiction, fiction in general, and the issues of writing, marketing, and publishing today.

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Strange Horizons: form rejection

Dear YYYYY and Kalin Nenov,

Thank you for submitting XXXXX to Strange Horizons, but we've decided not to accept it for publication.

To help us keep response times low, please don't submit another story until April 2 (two weeks from now).

We appreciate your interest in our magazine.

--Heather Morris


First Reader, Strange Horizons
fiction -at- strangehorizons.com
Submission guidelines:
http://www.strangehorizons.com/guidelines/fiction.shtml

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Alfie Dog Limited: personal rejections

I don't think the story quite works and unlike most of the other submissions we have received from you, the English in this story does not flow naturally.

Като разчитам на козметични редакции, така ми се пада. :/

This story is very much told to the reader more like a history or instruction manual itself. I do not think it would work well for our readers.

А това е съвсем точно описание на The Keresztury TVirs. Специфичен текст, търсещ специфична публика.

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Narrative Magazine: form rejection

Dear Kalin Nenov (Hu...:

Thank you for sending your work to Narrative. We are always grateful for the opportunity to review new work, and we have given XXXXX close attention and careful consideration. We regret, however, that XXXXX does not meet our needs at this time. We hope that you will keep us in mind in the future.

Sincerely,

The Editors

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Sword and Sorceress anthology: personal rejection

Dear Mr. Nenov,

Thank you for sending us "A Tale of Heroes and Villains." This is a perfectly good story, but it doesn't quite have the feel I want for Sword & Sorceress. Try this on another market.

Best wishes,

Elisabeth Waters
Editor

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LORE: form rejection 3

Dear Kalin Nenov--

Thank you for your interest in LORE.

Unfortunately, we have decided not to accept XXXXX for publication.

I hope you will keep LORE in mind for future submissions.

Regards,
Sean O'Leary

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Aliens Among Us anthology: rejection form

Thank you for the submission of the story, however it doesn't quite fit "Aliens Amongs Us"'s guidelines of stories set in the present day or past.

Nicholas Ahlhelm
Pulp Empire editor

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The Puritan: form rejection 2 - containing important reminder

Dear Kalin,

Thank you again for submitting your work to The Puritan, Issue 17: Spring 2012.

We received hundreds of excellent pieces for this quarter, making our jobs as editors often extremely difficult. Although we have to pass on your work this time around, we truly appreciate your submission and wish you all the best in your writing endeavors. And remember: our editorial committee is made up of over a dozen people, so sometimes it just comes down to personal taste!

Again, warm wishes and good luck.

Sincerely,

The Puritan Editorial Staff

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A Public Space: form rejection

Dear Kalin Nenov,

Thank you for your patience while we read your submission. We appreciated the chance to consider XXXXX, but unfortunately we must pass. Best of luck placing this work elsewhere.

To learn more about goings-on at A Public Space, please visit your local bookstore to find our latest issue, visit us online at www.apublicspace.org or join us on Twitter @apublicspace.

With very best wishes,
A Public Space

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One Story, form rejection:

Dear YYYYY:

Thank you for sending us XXXXX. We really enjoyed this piece, but we didn't feel it was right for One Story.

We hope that you will continue to send us your work.

Sincerely,

The Editors of One Story

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The Bad Version, form rejection:

Dear Kalin,

Thank you for submitting to the summer issue of The Bad Version, and for giving us the opportunity to read your piece.

We received a lot of great submissions for this issue, yours included, but unfortunately, we had a limited amount of space, and we did not ultimately feel that your piece was the best fit for us this time around.

Thank you again for submitting. We do hope that you consider submitting to us again for future issues.

Sincerely,

The Editors